Focus

One of the greatest things you can have as a person is your mind! Your mind is what drives you to do what you do and be who you are. Your mind is where every idea, every concept, your feelings, your beliefs, your desires, your intentions, and your opinions are first created and conceived.

Your mind is so powerful that though you can’t see it or physical touch it, you’re subconsciously aware that it’s there, a part of you, and it’s an integral ingredient in what makes you YOU!
Most times, we often underrate just how powerful the human mind is. We’re totally oblivious to the fact that, your mind has the power to bring alive anything and whatsoever you program into it. Humans are known to have different personalities and attributes, but it’s our minds that makes us truly stand out and different from any other person out there.

We associate ourselves with various desires such as emotion, greed, love, hatred, joy, anger, but have you ever stopped to think about why you’re so much influenced towards any of these elements? It’s all about what you’re feeding your mind with!
Feed your mind with love and teach it to show compassion to people around and that’s what you’d get. Feed your mind hatred and you’d get pain and hurt. Your mind is constantly working without rest, trying to manifest your strongest desires into action. It feeds on your thoughts and grows like a seed inside of you.

You have to realize that your mind is so powerful that it needs to be trained. Why does your mind need training? Glad you asked – I’ll tell you. The first step to becoming successful in life is to know how to stay focused towards achieving your goals and aspirations. Your mind is the key to all of these. You have to make a decision today to train your subconscious mind to think positively.
Everything you are as a person began with a thought. If you neglect to feed your mind with positivity, you’re only leaving room for negativity and that won’t take you very far in life.

Dare to dream! Dare to imagine! Tame your mind to aim for success and greatness. Every day you wake up, tell yourself that you’re different and you’re successful. Go out there and put in the best effort into whatever you do. Never give up, never give room for negativity. Change your mindset to think positive. Don’t be afraid to imagine. You have so much greatness inside of you and you can’t let negative thoughts get in your way.

THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING
The importance of listening cannot be overemphasised. There’s a saying that Listening is one of the greatest forms of respect a person can give to another, but how true is that? We know that communication is essential in any relationship and our interaction with people, but what defines communication? Two parties talking to each other with none taking in the information being passed? Or a person talking while the receiving party patiently and tolerantly listens?
We find out that when we’re talking and we perceive that we’re being “listened to,” it gives us a feeling of being respected and esteemed, however, do we really know what listening entails? Do we know the difference between listening and hearing? Don’t worry, I’ll tell you.
The art of listening shouldn’t be mistaken with hearing. Hearing is simply the physical ability we’re born with to hear sounds coming from people when they talk to us. Now, listening goes a lot further than that. In the art of listening, we find that we put our full attention in the conversation we’re having, we wait until the speaker may have finished talking before replying. This is done so we can fully understand what the speaker is trying to say and grasp every detail of it.
Just as I said earlier, the importance of listening cannot be overemphasised and here are some of the reasons;
• We Get A Better Understanding Of The Words Spoken To Us.
One good thing about listening is that it doesn’t just end at being able to understand what the speaker is saying. We’re also able to read visual cues which the speaker might be unconsciously displaying, such as facial expressions and body language as this helps us to understand the true meaning behind the words being spoken wholly. This happens to be the full package of the art of listening.
• Listening Helps Build A Strong Relationship, Rapport And Connection With The Speaker.
When we lay back and listen to what other people are saying and not just talking about ourselves all the time, it puts them in an emotional and mental state that’s flowing with positive energy and makes them feel better about themselves. This way, no matter the differences between both parties, there’s the feeling of openness and trust as most people are inclined to trust people who are good listeners. They feel important just knowing you give them your time and feel better about themselves and are very much likely to want to spend time with you and know you better.
We now know the importance of listening to people and not just talking about ourselves all the time, but what actually happens when we are ignorant and don’t listen to others? It’s almost the exact opposite.
You’d agree with me when I say that when we’re not listened to, it affects us in diverse ways such as losing our sense of identity and our sense of always wanting to be acknowledged for the things we do and say. Not being listened to can cause us emotional distress, low self-esteem, and even extending into a full-blown rejection of our self and persona. The list is quite extensive if I must say and a good person would know better than not listening to people when they speak next time.
When we’re ignorant to what other people are saying, they tend to act withdrawn and lose their confidence. They act disconnected because of the feeling of being non-existent and more often than not, their self-esteem drops.
Communication is an essential component in building and maintaining a successful relationship, and it’s not surprising the role listening plays in it.

Begin to contemplate what drives you to do things, look at and take stock of your current and past actions versus your past successes and accomplishments. Use examples of daily deeds that require your natural skills, begin using those skills to create work opportunities, you are probably missing out on a whole bunch of good stuff if you remain stagnant, refusing to come out of your comfort zone.
In whatever you do, maybe it’s a business transaction or the making of new business colleagues; you’ve got to keep your eyes ever wide, open and active. You don’t necessarily have to always have the mentality that someone’s going to rip you off, there’s no need to put yourself through all that stress and anxiety.
In the path to success, only the people who are ever vigilant can make it, and the reasons aren’t far-fetched.
• People that are vigilant in their everyday affairs tend to be more successful, and this is majorly because they are always active, creating awareness on their part, trying to find out what works for them on the path to success and what doesn’t.
• These set of people know the importance of being thorough and well detailed in what they do, they don’t even let the simplest of detail pass them by. This way, they avoid mistakes and seem perfect in their work, making them more and more successful.

Have you ever wondered how some people are able to achieve massive amount of success in their chosen fields and endeavours, while some people work just as hard and achieve nothing?
There are of course key factors that certainly can help people achieve their goals. However, there is just one key ingredient that goes into success that simply can’t be overemphasised, and that’s vigilance.
Success can be defined in many ways by dozens of people. I prefer to view success as a worthwhile journey whose reward is evident as a result of embarking on, staying the course, and completing that journey. Vigilance requires a more careful approach, paying full attention to detail and always being on your toes, watching and ready to go against whatever task the competition may have set.
To be successful, it’s very important to be vigilant in what you do and watch the kind of attention you attract. You have to be the biggest consultant of yourself before making any decisions or allowing the advice, input or opinion of anyone else to penetrate your heart.
In the pursuit of success, one has to be on their toes, in fervent vigilance, why you may ask? I’ll tell you. In whatever you do, information is key. Is it to outshine your competition, or give you an edge in whatever business venture you’re into, that’s what vigilance can get you. It doesn’t just stop at being careful and critically analysing your every move. It goes on to you keeping yourself abreast with every information that you could possibly lay hands on in regards to your success, keeping yourself updated, staying vigilant so as not to allow any information pertaining to your success pass you by.